Combination garment and kit



0a. '13, 1931. B TH f 1,827,456

COMBINATION GARMENT AND KIT Filed Sept. 9. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l Oct.13, 1931.

R. J. BOOTH COMBINATION GARMENT AND K11;

Filed Sept. 9, 1929 Sheets-Sheet 2 I I ll r. r tl ILllllLl I awuc ufo'om m a l atented 13, .1931 I RO ERT .L BOOTH; i DANFFMQRQZNEFIEYFBK if iJ'COMBINATION emmmgmn xm "'A nc tion filed septe'mber 9, 192a.serialfinia 391,400.

The present invention 1 relates to a conibination garment and kit. 1 Theprimary object of provide an article of this character socon- 'ceptaclein which loose tools, ora toolchest or bag Containing tools maybe'placed therein 1 construction beingsuch that upon removal 7 completeoverall garment. 1s

of Figure 4.

' having shoulderstraps 3 secured thereto and their free ends providedfor convenience in transporting the same, the

of the tools, a provided. I

. Another object of the invention 'provide an'articlelof this kindwhichean be; easily and quickly folded for 'carryingtools,

and'readily unfolded for use as agarment;

With these and other'objects in .view, this invention residesin thenovel features of'construction, formation, combination and 31''.

rangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimedand-illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which':' e

Figure 1' is a perspective viewshowing the .andfiaps 12 are providedwith ;coacting snap fasteners 17 to efiectively close the receptacle, 7y

combination garment and kit foldedto form akit.

Figure 2 is a perspectiveviewshowing the kit. opened.

F lgure 3 1s a and kit is unfolded. I I 1 Figure 4 1s a rear viewof thegarment. Flgure 5 is a sectional I Figure 6 is a sectional view on theline 6'6 of Figure 3. I

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the legs and 2'the seat of. thegarment, said seat said strapshaving with loops 4:. V 1 V I I I V Thebib portion 5 of the garment comprises a strip 6 whichconstitutesfabottom 7, sides 8 and 9, and endslO, the side 9having a relatively wideflap 11 carried thereby while the ends 10 have narrow flaps 12. The flap11 is provided with straps 13 adapted to eny the invention 'toemployment the to ols V be conveniently lga'ged with the buckles '14:,thusclosin gythe front view of a pair of 'overalls formed when. thecombination garment the sides 10 tucked in between the sides 8 view onthe line55 18 carried by the sides for holdingsaid sides the receptacleis turned inside out, a bibof p when the garmentis used for carryingtools,

as :clearly; shown in Figure I of the draw;l

- f Y N IT D -1S-T E$ in'gsg AZ handIQ loo yi'a'istsecur d ioith fiapjiin;crate t etteagannent mates conveniently' -icarried,when-it is,usedfor;

carrying tools. It will thus be" noted that h b eetio gpr ide memes hennecessaryil a Q Thebot tom p t fe byi e-il bi lii w thetgafment isbeingflused uponlthe'person/Q; I l- As shown in FigureQ, the: bib.po'rtionis arrangedin a position-"to 'pifOYi l Za receptacle forreceiving .a', chest iorjbag er: tools or, if desired, the'tools maybeplaced -looselywithin the receptacle, M

WheI'i'the his place of:

removed. H M. I

"Before the tools areplaced in the recepQ a and the'flap 11 folded andthe straps :13 enreceptacle and at which time the handl'oop 15' isconveniently positioned. The flap.11*

ment, the flap 11 is released and thetools tacle, the, legs 1arefoldedfftherein, after! which the tools are placed'in the receptacleremoved, after which thelegs are unfolded.

The receptacle is then turnedinside out and and"9,there being coactingsnap fasteners in position. Thus, it will be'noted that when doublethickness is provided and at which time'the buttons 16 are located forconvenient engagement with the loops 4 ofthe strapsB. The flap 11 and.straps13 will be. 1 concealed and the garment can be worn with p ablefabric andwhen used as agarment will have the appearance, of aconventional type f comfort. The, garment is formed from suit;

of overall. v

Obviously, the tools .can be' looselyplace'd in the receptacle. butit ispreferable that I l an they be placed in a bag or chest so that they canbe quickly removed and retained in proper relation for ready use. I

The invention provides in compact form, overalls, jumper, and kit,whereby the garment may be self-contained when reduced to the form of apackage without requiring a Wrapper, cord or other usual binder. The

construction prevents separation of the parts and lnsures a kitbeingreadlly and conven iently at hand for reception of the overalls,

tools and sundry articles without liability of loss of the loosearticles, or necessitating the wrapping and tying of the package.

That is claimed is: s p

A combination garment and kit comprising a bifurcated nether garment,the nether garment at the front thereof being provided with a relativelylong extension and at the back thereof with a pair'of straps, theextension intermediate the ends thereof being provided with side flaps,the outer end of said extension and said flaps being adapted to befolded inwardly to provide a bib which in combination with said nethergarment provides" overalls, the extension being provided with means forengagement by said straps for holding said bib in wearing posi tion, andthe extension and flaps beingadapt-n ed to be folded and securedtogether to pr0- vide a kit. p p In testimony whereof Iafiixmysignature.

ROBERT J. BOOTH. [n.s]

